Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (한국산업보건학회지)

Korean Industrial Hygiene Association (한국산업보건학회)
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Work-related Injuries in Dairy Farm in Gyeonggi Province

경기 지역 낙농작업자의 재해 발생 현황과 요인

  • 김경란 (농촌진흥청농촌자원개발연구소) ;
  • 박준희 (서울대학교의류학과) ;
  • 이경숙 (농촌진흥청농촌자원개발연구소) ;
  • 강태선 (노동부성남지청) ;
  • 강경하 (농촌진흥청농촌자원개발연구소)
  • Received : 2005.11.17
  • Accepted : 2006.06.10
  • Published : 2006.09.30
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Abstract

Objectives : Although dairy farming ranks as the industry with the highest injury incidence rate, the information on the injuries is limited in Gyeonggi Province. The purpose of this study was to investigate the occurrence of farm accidents and injuries. Methods : The occurrence of accidents among dairy farmers due to work-related injuries were investigated from 2,799 dairy farms of Seoul Dairy Cooperative. Among 171 total accidents, the number of accidents for human was 108. In this study, the 108 human accidents were investigated. Results : The results of this study were as follows; First, the injury rate in dairy farming was 1.60%. Second, the highest injury in dairy farm was occurred in the spring and at 6~8 p.m. Third, a variety of injuries occurred when doing the milking. Fourth, cow, machinery and falls were among the most common causes. Fifth, the most common injuries was fracture (52.8%) and the most common body part of injuries were torso (25.9%), legs (22.2%) and hand (18.5%). Sixth, 45% of the accidents indicated the lost work time from 4 weeks to 3 months. Recommendations: With the results, it is recommended that practical control methods to prevent accidents in dairy farming, for instance, wearing adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) or designing a moderate floor of works etc. be studied and developed.

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